I would like to know if it's me or somebody else has this problem: I put 2 different images for lock screen and background, but, when I get to my locksreen, the background is the same as the normal ...

Once again I need a workaround to deal with my almost broken notebook graphics card: It does not wake up after suspending!
The Ubuntu 14.10 system is waking up, but the display stays off, so I have ...

We have a security policy that the Ubuntu desktops have to lock the screen after 10 minutes.I use to use xscreensaver on Ubuntu 12.04 for this by removing gnome-screensaver and overwriting the config ...

I have been using Ubuntu 14.04 for nearly 8 months now and have been a long time Ubuntu user. Recently, I disabled the password for my user account and later re-enabled it. However, ever since doing ...

I have configured my screensavers to lock the page after some time; and I prefer to lock the sceen myself using the title bar "Lock/Switch account..." feature, e.g. when I leave my desk.
While trying ...

I have been playing around with the Onboard settings and even though I select the option "Show when unlocking the screen" from the settings the keyboard still doesn't appear when on screen lock. This ...

I can successfully set a password by terminal using "passwd" command , and it works good , when using "sudo" commands , when installing software . but i can't lock screen , and i can't log out of the ...

I don't want the machine to prompt for password on resume from suspend, I don't want the machine to lock after a certain period of inactivity. At the moment, I only want it to lock
a) when it boots ...

The precise problem
The screen turns off the display suddenly, and does not respond to the mouse or keyboard.
What actually happens??
When I am working on my PC (OS - Ubuntu 14.10) suddenly without ...

My keyboard layout is set to german (QWERTZ) but whenever I return to the desktop from the lockscreen my keyboard changes to QUERTY.
How can I fix this problem. I tried going to settings but the only ...

I have this annoying problem with Ubuntu 14.10 (Had the same problem with 14.04.)
Perhaps once or twice a day when I wake my laptop from suspend it brings me to the login page. All seems okay apart ...

When I leave my desktop I lock it by pressing Ctrl+Alt+L. When I Use Windows or Gnome-shell the lockscreen shows instantaneously and I can leave my desk. When I use Unity it takes a few seconds until ...

Is there a way to disable the Caps Lock at boot, so it won't bother me when logging in?
Laptop: old Multicom Xishan W530E bought at http://multicom.no.
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.
My latop has a problem with ...

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with xfce, and my lock screen background picture for some reason is one of my past wallpapers, but I want to change it, but can't find anywhere where can I do this. All I can ...

I found this question, but that's tagged 12.04, and is unanswered, so i'm asking a new, more general, question.
If the computer is either locked or logged out, is it possible to put it to sleep? The ...

I am using Ubuntu 14.10 on one computer and 14.04 on another.After hours and hours of searching around the internet,and having uninstalled lightdm(replaced with gdm),uninstalled xscreensaver(replaced ...

I'm trying to disable the lock-screen feature that requires me to enter a password when waking up the screen after being idle. I've turned off every setting I can find related to password reqiurement ...

After about 10 minutes, Xubuntu 14.04 goes to sleep all by itself. I've set up the shuffle on the music player and it only gets through 3 songs before I have to sign in again. There is no screensaver ...

I have a cross-platform application that runs on Ubuntu 14.04 (GNOME). There I need to determine if the screensaver is active or not and if the screen is locked or not.
I found out that I can get the ...

The lockscreen shortcut doesn't work when a drop down menu is open from the top panel.
For example, if I right click on either volume control, wireless, mail, username (etc) to get a menu, then with ...

I've installed Xubuntu 14.10 and set the boot mode in Grub to text only, as I primarily interact with this machine with SSH over the Internet or with X2Go.
When I press the screen lock icon, nothing ...